36 Questions to Improve Your Self-Understanding
This is a chance to get reacquainted with the real you. Itâs a reality check to remind you who you are at your core. Answering them should be breeze, but note any areas that give you pause.
1. List 5 adjectives or traits that describe you.*
2. List 5 roles that you fulfill.
3. List 5 of your skills and abilities.
4. List 5 of your possessions that provide insight into who you are as a person.
5. List 5 life experiences that have helped define who you are.*
6. List 5 attributes that your closest friends and family would say describe you.
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7. When you think about who you are, what aspects of your personality are most clear to you?*
8. In what ways does the âyouâ that you present to the world match who you really are?*
9. Think of three examples of when you stayed true to yourself despite societal or peer pressure. How can you continue to do this?
10. What are three of your most important personal values, and how can standing by these beliefs benefit you in the future?
11. What aspects of your personality stay the same regardless of the situation?
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13. What are your three best qualities?
14. If you compare yourself to others you know, what are you especially good at?
15. In what ways is your life better than the lives of other people you know?
16. List three things about yourself that make you proud.*
17. Describe three of your greatest accomplishments in life. Whatâs your next big goal?
18. What things do you struggle with? Do you know anyone else who shares these struggles?
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19. List three things you enjoy but donât get much opportunity to do. What steps can you take to do these things more often?*
20. What parts of who you are as a person have fallen by the wayside? What can you do to help bring them back?*
21. In what ways have you put othersâ needs ahead of your own? How can you restore the balance and start focusing on your own needs more?
22. How can you make time in your schedule this weekend for at least one hobby you havenât had time for recently?
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In what ways does your job help you improve as a person? How can you ensure that this will continue in the future?What types of new and interesting things do you learn at your job? How have these experiences benefited youWhat new responsibilities that youâve taken on at work do you enjoy? In what ways have these made you more effective at your job.How could you make the boring part of your work more interestingIn the past five years, what new skills have you acquired at work? How have these been beneficialLooking ahead to the next five years, what additional areas of expertise can you develop?
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31. What are three new and interesting activities you could try? Which of them could you start next week?
32. What are three topics you would like to learn about? Create an action plan for deepening your understanding of at least one.
33. Challenge yourself to improve in three ways this month. What steps can you take toward accomplishing each?
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Working through these questions will provide you with the opportunity to gain greater insights into yourself and enhance your self-knowledge. Thatâs important because being more clear about the self is linked to greater life satisfaction, happiness, better mood, and lower stress. As Aristotle said, âKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.â
